> > Why would you assume more liability than necessary?
My thought is the authors want to gain serious users to increase feedback quality and improve the developer market. I thought this was why Google let Go be open source besides attracting academic uses. And as an open source developer who does not get paid, I feel better if > I have no liability whatsoever. Now, if you were PAYING ME for my > services, then I will be happy to provide you with assurances that make > you feel better. I don't think this is the attitude behind GCC, or maybe it is. I want to write programs that do things worth money and hope to use Go or GCC to do so (including working with and on those projects for free), but if they might include unnecessary liability beyond regular bugs then that's a problem for me. Matt On Sunday, May 13, 2018 at 12:39:05 PM UTC-5, Matthias B. wrote: > > On Sun, 13 May 2018 08:56:08 -0700 (PDT) > matthe...@gmail.com <javascript:> wrote: > > > My tools are my responsibility, so I’m wondering what stops the GCC, > > Go, or other open source authors from including practical jokes. > > That depends on the jurisdiction and the kind of practical joke. But > it's a fact that software has contained practical jokes in the past, in > particular in cases where the software determined that it was running > without a proper license. So this does indeed happen and I've not heard > of any developer being sued for it. > > > These license terms seem to remove all responsibility, and in certain > > hands that is an opportunity to cause some chaos. Why isn’t there a > > license section about intention of code implementation matching > > stated goals? > > Ask yourself: If you can choose between having NO LIABILITY and having > just a little bit of liability, which option do you choose? Why would > you assume more liability than necessary? Are you Jesus or Gandhi? > > > > > THE AUTHORS OF THIS SOFTWARE DID NOT INTENTIONALLY MAKE MISTAKES OR > > INCLUDE PRACTICAL JOKES. > > > > I’m not a lawyer, but I’d feel better about these tools if there was > > something like that followed by the fitness disclaimer. > > And as an open source developer who does not get paid, I feel better if > I have no liability whatsoever. Now, if you were PAYING ME for my > services, then I will be happy to provide you with assurances that make > you feel better. > > > > MSB > > -- > A naked man with a can of beans can eat only one meal > but play a hundred soccer games. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "golang-nuts" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to golang-nuts+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
